MADRID MEETINGS February 2014

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Feb. 2014

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Address of the Meeting

Meeting Point: Please meet at 09:45 at Oeste 1 Building each day to be

escorted to the meeting room.

• Start Time: on the 11th & 12th Feb. at 10:00 Hrs.

• End Time: on the 11th & 12th Feb at 17:30Hrs.

• Address: Ronda de la Comunicación, s/n

28050 Madrid

• Location: TELEFONICA Premises.

• Ask for Pierre Plaza (+34 638292978), at the reception desk, OESTE 1

Building.

• Meeting Rooms:

February 11 & 12 Meeting Room DCW01 S00P F11 (OESTE 1 building ground

floor)

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Telefonica Premises

Meeting

Point

Meeting

rooms

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HOTELS NEARBY

High Tech Nueva Castellana‎

María Tubau, 16

28050 Fuencarral (Madrid)

Tel: 913 586 400

www.hthoteles.com

NH Las Tablas

Avenida de Burgos, 131

28050 Madrid

Tel: 917 186 999

www.nh-hoteles.es

Hotels at 15 o 20 min. taxi:

Hotel Silken Puerta Castilla‎

www.hoteles-silken.com

Abba Castilla Plaza Hotel‎

http://www.abbacastillaplazahotel.com/

Meliá Castilla

http://www.meliacastilla.com/es/index.html

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Madrid City Center in ten slides,

just a proposal.

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Dear Colleague, We would like you to keep some

good memories from your trip to Madrid, apart from those you will keep from our work together. Hence, we offer you the following proposal which is only a reference for you to consider, in case you wish to visit our city.

The starting point of this tour is "Plaza de Cibeles“ –

on the left-.

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What you will see

1 Casa de correos / Palacio de las Telecomunicaciones

2 Puerta del Sol

3 Plaza Mayor

4 Plaza de la Villa / Teatro Real

5 Plaza de Oriente / Palacio Real

6 Catedral de la Almudena

7 Puente de Segovia

8 Palacio del Congreso

9 Fuente de Neptuno / Museo del Prado

10 Puerta de Alcalá

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Tour overview: All the itinerary can take about two hours walking. If

you stop to have a drink and some tapas, it might take slightly

longer, depending only on the time you take to eat...Starting point

“Cibeles”, walk to Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor... The last thing, but

not least interesting, you will see is “La puerta de Alcalá”.

START:

CIBELES PALACIO

REAL / PLAZA

DE ORIENTE

PUERTA

DEL SOL

CATEDRAL

DE LA

ALMUDENA

PLAZA

MAYOR

FUENTE DE

NEPTUNO

MUSEO

DEL

PRADO

FINISH:

PUERTA DE

ALCALÁ

PALACIO

CONGRESO

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How to reach Plaza de Cibeles, nearest metro

stations: - Banco de España (Line 2)

- Colon (Line 4)

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1- Casa de correos

First Stop: "Palacio de las

Comunciaciones". The State

Department for

Telecommunications and

Information Society had its

premises into this original

building. It might have to do

with our background, the reason

why we find this building

(baroque style) the most

beautiful one in Madrid... you

will stare at it at the end of the

day, when it is even more

surprising

Right in the middle of Cibeles Square you will find the Fountain of Cibeles, this

beautiful fountain, made after a design by Ventura Rodriguez, is considered one of

the landmarks of Madrid. Indeed Real Madrid football team players celebrate every

title getting into this fountain with thousands of fellows (other football team's

fellows say Cibeles Fountain is sad since long ago...).

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2.- Puerta del Sol

Walk to Puerta del Sol: It was made by French architect Maquet between 1766 and 1768. On the top of the building the watch you will see is the one used in new year's eve as a reference of the year change. Everyone in Spain follows its bells to receive the new year, down this building an impressive party with thousands of people drinking Cava (Spanish Champaign) and eating the traditional 12 grapes following the clock's bells ringing.

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3- Plaza Mayor

During 17th century this square was the scenery of theater performances

and bullfights, and served as meeting-place of the Gremios, the

associations of craftsmen. In 1790 the Plaza Mayor was almost

completely destroyed by a fire, but rebuilt later on. A nice place to have

a drink, but take care of your personal belongings, there might be some

opportunist in the area...

Philip III had built

this impressive

square between

1617 and 1619, to

give additional

prestige to his

kingdom. The

buildings are mostly

Renaissance style,

in the center there is

a statue of the king

by Juan de Bolonia

and Pietro Tacca.

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4- Plaza de la Villa

/ Teatro Real

Just before reaching the

Oriente Square, in front of the

Royal Palace, we find Madrid's

impressive opera house was

built in 1818 by Cuatodio

Moreno. An interesting place

to know if you enjoy listening

and watching opera or special

concerts...

From Plaza Mayor we find this beautiful

Square on our way to The Royal Palace:

the "Plaza de la Villa", originally projected

in 1644 by Juan Gomez de Mora to be a

prison. Now Madrid's town hall, entails

some of the oldest buildings still used in

Madrid. Indeed “La Torre de los Lujanes”

was the prison where Francisco I (king of

France) was taken as a prisoner after the

battle of Pavia (1526) against Carlos V.

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5- Plaza Oriente /

Palacio Real

Palacio Real: Madrid's Royal Palace is an impressive example of classicistic Italian baroque style. Construction was begun under Philip V by the architects Juvara, Sabatini and Sachetti. Charles III was, in 1714, the first king to have his residence here. In the interior of the palace we find numerous precious rooms, specially remarkable is the Throne Hall. Worth visiting are as well the gardens, Jardines de Sabatini and Campo del Moro.

Plaza de Oriente: This square in the east of

the Royal Palace was designed at the time

of Joseph Bonaparte, who, after the victory

of his brother Napoleon against Spain, took

over the government. The French wanted to

build a wide boulevard in the style of

Champs Elysées in Paris, but the project

was stopped by Napoleon's final defeat.

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6- Catedral de la Almudena

Although the construction of the Almudena Cathedral did not start till the 19th century, its story begins in the 16th century, when the king of Spain sets the capital of Spain in Madrid (1561). He thinks, as almost all his successors, that the capital has to have a Cathedral. In times of Felipe IV (17th century), doña Isabel de Borbón, the king's wife, donates the money to build a cathedral dedicated to the Virgin of la Almudena. The works did not start till 1883, though. Finally in 1993, the cathedral of Madrid was consecrated!

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7- Puente de Segovia

Bridge of Segovia:

Valuable work of

architect Juan de

Herrera, consisting of 9

arcs. You will find

protection panels (see

detail below) by its

sides, the reason for

this is that due to its

height and situation

many people took this

place as the one to

throw them selves down

to suicide...

We suggest to stop in any snack bar to have

some tapas before proceeding to walk to the Congress Palace.

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8- Palacio del Congreso

Walk to the Palace of Congress of Spain: Madrid's Palace of congresses is a Renaissance building which was completely reconstructed in 1843. The facade, which is very similar to the original, includes a marvelous neoclassic portal.

In the front of the building you will find two lions made of bronze from the field guns captured by the Spanish Army in the war of Africa (XIX century)

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9- Fuente de Neptuno / Museo del

Prado

Fountain of Neptune: Another fountain designed by Ventura

Rodriguez. This is the fountain where Atletico de Madrid fellows celebrate their championships

(long time without celebrations...).

Museo del Prado: Perhaps the

most beautiful neoclassic building

of all Madrid . Built in 1785, it was

intended to be a museum of

natural history. Having been used

as an arsenal during the wars

against Napoleon, it became

Madrid's Museum of Art in 1819.

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10- Puerta de Alcalá

Our last stop is Puerta de Alcalá, by the Retiro park (which is thought to act as a lung to try reducing Madrid’s polution): The Door of Alcalá is a beautiful triumphal arch made by Francisco Sabatini in 1778, after the arrival of King Charles III to Madrid. Charles III dedicated such effort to Madrid that people called him "Madrid's Council".

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We hope you enjoy your walk through Madrid

City-Center.